Nicole Joseph-Chin is the chief innovator, founder, and CEO of Ms. Brafit Limited, a social enterprise in Trinidad focused on healthy breasts as a catalyst for social impact.[1]

She is a Vital Voices #VV100 Women and 2015 Vital Voices VV Lead Fellow.[2] She participated in several VV leadership and mentoring programs between 2015 and 2021.[3]

Career

Joseph-Chin studied at the University of the West Indies and St. George's College in Trinidad and Tobago.[4] She worked in the banking industry before creating Brafit in 2002.[5]

She is a 2011 alumna of the US State Department IVLP.[1] She has conducted seminars and workshops and has been hosted for speaking engagements about breast health, accurate fitting of bras, mastectomy care, social entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, and innovative thinking.[6]

She was elected Executive Director of the Women's Entrepreneurial Network of the Caribbean (an initiative of the US State Department) in 2013 and served as a regional board member until 2016.[7]

In 2014, she pioneered the MOOC Camp series at the US Embassy in Port of Spain and in the same year, provided facilitation of a workshop in Innovative Thinking for the CARIRI Business Bootcamp series.[8]

Joseph-Chin has authored and designed many innovative breast-care, prevention, awareness and survivorship tools, including the "Treatment Companion", a journal that encourages women to store their medical records in a transportable and attractive package as well as the "Pink Slip Project", "Beauty Beyond the Bruises". In October 2016 Joseph-Chin introduced the global and multi-lingual breast care awareness campaign "The Gesture That Saves" -  in San Francisco California to 100 global peers from 40 countries during the VV100 retreat.[9]

Joseph-Chin has designed a comprehensive breast-care solutions toolkit and in 2016 was working on a design for a reproductive-health advocacy program.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ms Brafit to represent T&T abroad". The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  2. ↑ "Vital Voices". Vital Voices. Archived from the original on 2016-11-02.
  3. ↑ Vital Voices website (Meet VV Grow Fellow Nicole Joseph-Chin)
  4. ↑ Vital Voices website
  5. ↑ Women Economic Forum website
  6. ↑ Malleeswaran, Peter Pajchl, Bill Johnston,Deepa. "Body Magazine // Retail Profile // Ms. Brafit". www.bodymagazine.us. Retrieved 2016-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Trinidad Guardian website (A voice for female empowerment)
  8. ↑ "Feeding the Future | World Pulse". World Pulse. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  9. 1 2 "Joseph-Chin changes lives one bra at a time". The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
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